Renata Giraldi       Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília – The Foreign Affairs Commission of the Senate approved a request by senator Luiz Henrique (PMDB-SC) demanding that the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, take measures to deal with high prices that city hotels are charging for the period when the Rio+20 United Nations Sustainable Development Conference will take place.

The minister of Foreign Relations, Antonio Patriota, who participated in hearings at the commission said he supported the action. “We are in fact concerned about this. We want as many participants as possible at the conference,” he declared.

Conference organizers expect over 100 heads of state and government to attend Rio+20 between June 20 and 22 (representatives and ministers of governments will begin negotiations on June 15).

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English

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